Black head coaches to face off in 2024 NBA Finals

(l-r) Dallas Mavericks HC Jason Kidd, Boston Celtics HC Joe Mazzulla Photos courtesy of Twitter by& Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman Recorder The 2024 NBA Finals starts on Thursday. For the first time since 2016, a Black coach will win the NBA championship as two Black head coaches (Jason Kidd, Dallas, and Boston’s Joe Mazzulla) are in the finals for the first time since 2017 (Tyronn Lue and Mike Brown). During last Thursday’s media call, the MSR asked ESPN NBA Analyst Kendrick Perkins if this is Boston’s final to lose. “They have all the right pieces. Making a run to the finals and not completing the mission, that’s not the standard in the city of champions when it comes down to Boston,” responded Perkins, who played on the 2008 Boston Celtics 2008 NBA champions, one of four NBA clubs during his 15-year pro career. “Jayson Tatum and Jalen Brown, to me, are under the most pressure as far as players out of any other players in the NBA because of the great job that the front office has done as far as making sure they have the necessary pieces around them to complete the mission and making it to the Finals”...